Our September meeting at Anixter North went well. I’d like to thank them for hosting us and providing great food. Please remember, our associate members support us, so please support them.

Elections were held and new Board Members selected.

President – Van Mayorga

Vice President – John Helweg/Past President

Secretary – Mary Edmonson

Treasurer - Penny Mayorga

Membership Director - Dennis White

Sgt at Arms – Amanda Jackson

Parliamentarian – Calvin Stewart

Editor – Jennifer Lambert

Education Director – Tina Turner

Regional Director Nomination – Dennis White

Remember, if you're not coming to the meetings, you're missing out on CEU's, great speakers and lots of inside information.

Our guest speaker was Mark Popkowski with Modern System Concepts, Inc. He'll spoke about an application he developed four years ago that deals with inspections and used it with his company successfully. He decided it was worth investing and made it scalable and available for the industry. SDM released an article about it in their September issue. His software company is PnewSoft and the software he came up with is called fireNspec. It is a mobile platform that allows you to do a variety of inspections, allowing each company to customize the information they need out in the field. Furthermore, you can manage and participate with the inspections being performed in the field in real time. The technicians are held accountable as everything is date and time stamped. FireNspec currently integrates with SedonaOffice and is being used by some of SDM’s top 100 integrators. Very interesting presentation!

Feel free to go to fireNspec.com and register for a (14) fourteen day free trial.

We are meeting on Thursday, October 4th at Anixter West on Mitchelldale. We will have a great guest speaker.

See y'all soon,

October 2018 TBFAA UPDATE - PRESIDENT KELLY RYAN

Make your plans today for TBFAA 2018! Information and registration is at http://www.tbfaa.org.

Sincerely,

Kelly Ryan

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2018

HGCAA meetings are held the second Thursday of each month from 11:30-1pm.

Dates and locations may change as needed.

October 2018 10/4/2018 – HGCAA Monthly Meeting @ Anixter(Tri-Ed West on Mitchelldale)

PLEASE THANK OUR ASSOCIATE MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING FOOD AND HOSTING OUR MEETINGS BY PURCHASING THEIR PRODUCTS

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Automated Outlet Houston has moved to: 6300 Westpark Dr., Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77057 Thank you for being a loyal Customer!

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Houston Alarm Detail

Check with the City of Houston to make sure your company is listed on their alarm permit web site. They have a  specific form you need to fill out and submit to them for inclusion. You also need to be sending municipalities notice of alarm system activation. Please make sure your customers are using the most current alarm permit form.

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Harris County Alarm Detail

Please make sure your customers are using the most current alarm permit form.

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Ft Bend County Alarm Detail

Be sure your customers are securing an alarm permit from Fort Bend County upon activation. Their alarm permit can be found here.

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Montgomery County Alarm Detail

Check with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office to make sure your company is listed on their alarm permit web site. Please make sure your customers are using the most current alarm permit form. Alarm ordinance – Montgomery County are actively ticketing homeowners that don’t have alarm permits.

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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ASSOCIATE MEMBERS HOUSTON GULF COAST ALARM ASSOCIATION PO Box 19484 Houston, TX  77224-9484

Comments, questions, change of address or material for inclusion in this publication should be directed to the Editor. Other associations wishing to use material from the “Communicator” are welcome to do so as long as proper credit is given to the author and publication.

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NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING

We are renewing ad spaces for 2017-2018.

The ad spots are $300/yr. The ads will move around as content dictates.

Ads are 5” wide x 7” tall and may be updated monthly.

The revenue generated by our Newsletter helps support our Association, Scholarships and our Industry.

Contact us for additional information – John C. Helweg  713-467-6666

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